Re:Israel’s lucrative and secretive cybersurveillance industry
by Apocryphon on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @03:48PM
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Given the incredibly polarized state of American politics and society over the past decade, especially the last five years, I don't think that comparison is as true as it was twenty years ago. Probably not the most cogent comparison these days.
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Re:Israel’s lucrative and secretive cybersurveillance industry
by NeverFade on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @04:01PM
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American society has polarized, it is true. Still, I believe only a tiny fringe minority will openly claim indifference to the WTC attacks because they haven't affected them personally. Much less show any support for the terrorists who committed these attacks.
Re:Israel’s lucrative and secretive cybersurveillance industry
by Apocryphon on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @04:03PM
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At this point it's not even indifference, it's more like animosity between different regions and different segments of society. When was the last time anyone stormed the Knesset?
Re:Israel’s lucrative and secretive cybersurveillance industry
by NeverFade on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @04:17PM
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Do you live in the US? I do.
The US is home to 350,000,000 people. If you gather the craziest of these in one small place, you'll have enough force to storm a (poorly defended) Capitol.
The US always had various fringe, a-social and anti-social groups. Still, Americans do largely share a sense of identity, especially against a common external threat. To judge by some of the comments here, perhaps to a greater extent than Israeli society currently does.
Re:Israel’s lucrative and secretive cybersurveillance industry
by Apocryphon on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @04:39PM
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Netanyahu has been PM for over a decade, is that really accurate?